ITV Documentaries

Emergency! Trains vs Weather (2015x26)

Air date: Nov 24, 2015

Emergency! Trains v Weather What does it take to keep Britain’s railway services running through some of the worst winter weather on record? This documentary follows the army of engineers and maintenance teams as they battle against the elements to keep the rail network open and prevent the delays which cause misery to millions of passengers every winter. Using the latest technology and sheer old fashioned graft we see them tackling floods, hurricane force winds and tracks buried under 6 feet of snow not to mention the annual blight of leaves on the line. With millions depending on the trains every day the maintenance teams are the unsung heroes of the rail network battling to keep the trains running whatever the British weather throws at them.